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... API gravity. Parameter expressed in degrees where the specific gravity of water is defined as 10°; light oil is 20° and greater; heavy oil ranges from 10° to 20°, and tar sands range from 0° to 10°.
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... Ebullating bed reactor. In this design the upward linear velocity of hydrogen and hydrocarbons is sufficiently high to expand the bed of catalyst particles and induce a continuous random motion.
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... Oil shale. Carbonaceous rock containing a high-molecular-weight polymer called kerogen that can produce oil when heated to pyrolysis temperatures.
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... Tar. Heavy, dark liquid residues obtained from petroleum refining, also called bitumen; the hydrocarbon deposits in tar sands.
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Key Terms

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  • ebullating bed
  • tar sands
  • hydrocracking process
  • british thermal

  • synthesis gas
  • middle distillate
  • distillate synthesis
  • process developed
  • catalytic hydrocracking

  • residue left
  • carbon atoms
  • distillate feedstock
  • oil production
  • south african

  • exxon donor
  • standardized test
  • dark liquid
  • secondary methods
  • cracking processes

  • integrated gasification
  • california air
  • alternative name
  • american petroleum
  • million british

  • divided solids
  • energy technology
  • aliphatic hydrocarbons
  • called kerogen
  • specific gravity


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